Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 million project. Members of the state park's governing board were...
State transportation officials are selling land they don't need to bring in more money. The initial sale will include 11 parcels in the Atlanta area. Jill Goldberg of the state Department of Transportation says the parcels were chosen because...
University of Georgia officials have announced the school will extend some benefits to domestic partners similar to what married couples receive. UGA President Michael Adams says the school will offer dental and vision insurance to domestic...
The new chairman of the Georgia Republican Party says the party won't twiddle its thumbs under his leadership. John Padgett says he plans to take it to Democrats during his two-year term.
Governor Deal appropriates $10-million for new training facility for veterans.
Several east Georgia Republicans are weighing a possible challenge to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow next year. The Augusta congressman won a fifth-term last fall even after his 12th District seat was redrawn to give Republicans a daunting...
Legislative staff members working with Representative Tyrone Brooks, (D) Atlanta, announced there will be a news conference Thursday to discuss the embattled lawmaker’s recent federal indictment.
Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill earlier this month regarding how the state allocates funds to clean up tire dumps and hazardous waste sites. But he has no intention of abiding by parts of the law he signed.
President Barack Obama told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. About 500 students received undergraduate degrees on...
Helicopter images of Moore, Oklahoma show tracts of devastated neighborhoods.